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... and especially being able to be involved in a real part of the Indian culture. We arrived in Ahemdabad which is where the Ghandi museum is. We were really lucky to visit the museum the same day that would have been his birthday! Mumbai was very busy and little crazy, I was able to visit the bar 'Leopolds' which features in the book 'Shantram' which I'm currently reading. Goa wasn't quite as I expected it to be. Previously people had referred to it as the Blackpool of ...

... stopped at the factory we had no interest in visiting. It was faster for us to run into the warehouse only to immediately walk out than to argue with Jahangir’s insistence that the stop was for the experience only. The store owner was all smiles and eager to inform us that he was married to a Bostonian. Seeing as his feigned Boston accent was as close to a Bostonian’s as David Ortiz’s, we were skeptical from the get go. When he walked us to ...

... drink "sweetened milk" from her "golden jug" after finishing with her bath. One day while enjoying her jug of milk she found herself being watched by a prince, who was standing amongst the trees. Red with embarrassment at her inadequate bathing attire, she poured the jug of milk in front of him to form an improvised curtain to hide her body while the maids rushed to cover her with her dress. It is said that it is that sweetened milk that cascades down the mountain ...

... and I don't think they sell replacements at the Panjim Bus Station!!)

The next day (Friday 1 November), we left the bags at the hotel and caught the bus to Colva Beach in Margao, one of the larger beaches in the area. We expected to find a Benidorm-style beach resort, but were pleased to find a large expanse of white sand and blue sea, with relatively few people. I found a cute crab hiding in a small sea-shell, which I made Mr H pick up, to photograph.

My wife and I had the misfortune to fly from Goa to Singapore on two flights with Air India. At Goa it took over two hours to be checked in by most unhelpful airline staff, and they would not check our baggage to Singapore, but only as far as Chennai. After arriving we collected our luggage and went through the procedure again thinking oh well ...